Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,959, Joseph Dolliver, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I
Dolliver, Joseph Abigail
H 16,959
CONTENTS

DOLLIVER, JOSEPH (R.I.) W-16959

These may certify all persons who it may concern that Joseph Dollen- son of West Greenwich and Abigail Targe Daughter of Philip Targe of North King- stown was Lawfully married march 29 th Day A.D. 1770 by me
James Wightman Elder
29 th 1770

New York N o 24. 182
Joseph Dolliver
of Otsego Co, in the State of N. York who was a Pr. Ensign in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col Lippett in the R Island Troops line for 15 months Private 50.00 3 " Ensign 30.00 $80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. day of March 1834 and sent to James C. Walworth Burlington, Otsego Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 240.00 Semestral allowance ending 1 st Sep. " 40.00 $280.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Acct June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E, Vol. 4 Page 97

Let. to J. C. Walworth (widow) May 30, 1838.

Albany 3503
Abigail Dolliver widow of Joseph Dolliver
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 19. Sept 1837 of Otsego Co. in the State of New York who was a Pr. Ensign in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the reg't commanded by Col. Lippet in the R. Island line for 15 mos. Pr. _____ 50.00 " " Ensign _____ 30.00 $80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 19. Sept 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of July 1839 and sent to J. C. Holworth Burlington, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 116.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 6 Sept. 40.00
$156.66
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 74

State of New York Otsego County ss.
Amended Declaration
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge of Otsego County Joseph Toller who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below in the following grades for the term of one year and six months I served as an Ensign in the number the annexed commission and for the term of two years as a private in Rhode Island Militia and State Troops and for such service I claim Pension and further that I now reside in the town of Sussex  Oneonta in the county of Otsego and State of New York and have twenty seven years past
1 year 6 mo { 2 years
Joseph Toller
Subscribed and sworn this 22 nd day of December 1832 before me J. B. Mather the a Judge of Otsego County Courts

Otsego County N.Y.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge of Otsego County Lore Lanks a resident of the town of Curraha in the said county who being duly sworn deposeth and saith during the Revolution are war he was well acquainted with Joseph Doherty now a resident of the town of Curraha aforesaid who and well remembereth that he served in the war in the then Revolutionary State service not less than four years apart of the time under a commission as an Ensign and apart of the time as a private and that that time this Defendant served as a Lieutenant in the same service Subscribed and sworn to this 22 nd day of December 1832 before me James C. Mansfield a Judge of Otsego County, Court.
I hereby that I am well acquainted with Lore Lanks that has sworn to the above Affiant before me that he is a person of standing and respectability and entitled to credit James C. Mansfield a Judge of Otsego County

State of New York Albany County ss
Debt remembered that on the 28th day of July 1832 he had appeared before the Hon. the Hon. the Hon. the Hon. the Hon. one of the Judges of the Court of Sessions of the said County of Hays to show cause why he should not be allowed to prove his debt against a black and white, of the town of Osgoode in said county. He was ordered to show the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 28th 1832 being first duly sworn according to law deposed and says that that he was born on the 10th day of March in the County of Hays, State of Maryland in the year 1807 and that he is now 25 years of age and that in the year 1826 in the month of January February entered into the service of the United States County of Hays for Rhode Island under Captain Theophilus Peters but before the expiration of his term was discharged in the town of Hampton and the 28th of January in the month of January following was re-enlisted verbally by Lieutenant John B. Brant again was the 28th day of June in the month of June he re-enlisted and went out in the militia in town of East Greenwich under Captain Brant and once more re-enlisted and in other words under Captain Brant regarding the 28th day of June and subsequently after entered the service again as a substitute in the militia where he was recaptured and served some months in the with a company the 28th day of June in the the 28th day of June in the month of June

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has no record of his age that he knows of he knows of no other documentary evidence evidence of his service except his commission hereunto annexed and that he is so old and infirm and so deafened that he cannot attend the regular courts at the courthouse of the said county its being more than 20 miles from his residence.
He hereby relinquishes all and every claim what ever to a pension or any annuity except the pension and he desires that his name is not on the Pension Rolls of the agency of any state. I know the day and year of my subscription and I know the day and year of my
Before me Joseph Goldiver James B. Mansfield Judge of Oregon County

State of New York & County of
Joseph Smith of the town of Oneonta in the said county, being first duly sworn, deposes and saith that he is 78 years of age and that Joseph Daffiner has read the above Declaration in his presence that he has been well acquainted with the said Daffiner for 20 years past and that he is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit and belief and believes he is as true as he represents himself to be in his Declaration and it has ever been reported that in the neighborhood where he resides that generally believed that he and so was in the matter as a laborer of the Revolution and that he thereby believes that he did so serve — and that he is today unable to attend the courts at the court house Subscribed and sworn his Joseph Smith Mark
This 27th day of July 1892 before me James L Ward the a Judge of Oneonta Common Pleas
to William Day

James M. Hampton
1756-1780 1756-1780
19 years The undersigned Joseph D. Davis do hereby certify that James M. Hampton and his heirs shall have the free of January 1776 he enlisted in Captain John Porten company and Col. Libbets Regiment of State Troops for one year and was mustered the time out and was at State York at the time of the Battle Cloud Battle and was in White Plains Battle Again in the year 1778 was as in Captain Joseph Hopkins company of State Militia Col. Brown Recruited in August and went on to Long Island in Williams Expedition and served 7 days he thinks about 7 or 8 days
Then in May 1779 he received an Ensign commission in the State Militia in Col. Brown Regiment and immediately went into service under it but does not now recollect the particulars of the service service Then again in the year 1780 in the fall served in Captain Samuel Hopkins company as his ensign under his commission at in Col. Barclay Regiment at Bristol a keeping yard and Garrison State 2 months then again in March 1781 was out again in Captain Whitmarsh company as his ensign & Col. Bray Regiment over month and 6 days on Newport  keeping yard p.m. and after this he served as much as six months months to East Greenwich & Warwick as ensign under different Captains State the particulars

but with exceptions that he served as ensign under his commission and again in the year 1782 he served under his commission four months at Portsmouth North Kingston & Weymouth 4 mo as ensign under captain Samuel Hopkins and captain Alexander Hopkins and capt Joseph Hopkins and captain Bennett one month each this was in the summer and fall of the year as near as he can recollect he then kept guard and watched the movements the enemy -
And he further saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state the time precisely how long he served but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned before and in the following periods for one year and one month served as an ensign and for one year served as a lieutenant and for such time as a captain Prisoner
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The following is answer to the interrogatories  1. Where and in what year was you born Ans. Was born in the town of West Greenwich Rhode Island in the year 1758  2. Have you any parents of your age if so where is it Ans. There is a town named of my name at West Greenwich which has no other name  3. Where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the Revolution war and where do you now live R. Island. Ans. Lived in West Greenwich when first called into the service and has lived there and in the town of Greenwich State County since April where he is now present and has for 60 years past.  4. Have you been called into the service when you drafted did you prefer to pay a substitute for any person and if so substitute for whom 

Several I believe or enlisted & some times drafted served as substitutes for Parsons during the war
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states the names of some of the regular Officers that you have with the troops when you served in the Continental and militia Regiments as you were recruited and the general discharge of your services
Also
served in Col. Duff's Regiment of State Troops Col. J. states Col. Gaster at Ross's Col. Brown Col. Filling hurst and Col. Patterson Major Thomas Porter Capt. Joseph Hopkins Capt. Samuel Hopkins Capt. Proy Captain Dyer saw & heard General Cornwall & General Washington & Gen. Lee at N. York and at the battle of White Plains
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did never receive a written discharge - Died however an Enlistment Commission and it was signed by Gen. as he thinks  Washington and it is on file in the Pension Office
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states that at some of your discharges  discharges you are known as a known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for honesty and their belief of your services as a revolutionary soldier
Witness Major Ladd, Francis Joseph Smith Samuel Cook Esq
Joseph Dorrance
Subscribed and sworn this 14th day of March 1834 before me James C. Hildreth a judge of Ohio County Court
I certify that Joseph Dorrance the above declar- ant friend bodily infirmities is unable to go to court
J. C. Hildreth Judge V.O.

State of New York Otsego County On this 25 th day of December 1837 personally appeared before me James C. Walworth Esq. a judge of the Superior Court of the County of Otsego known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 25 th day of December 1837 James C. Walworth Esq.
1836 that she was born in the town of North Kingston in the state of Rhode Island in the month of March 5 th day in the year 1758 that her name was Abigail Darge and that in the year 1779 at the town of West Greenwich on the 23 rd day of March she was lawfully married to Joseph Dorr by Elder James Wightman a clergyman of the Baptist Church
And that her husband served as an Ensign and Lieutenant under a commission that Rhode Island state troops or Militia for several months in the years 1779 - 1780 - 1787 and 1789 and that this Commission is now on file in the Pension Office of the United States and that her late husband Joseph Dederer was placed on the Pension Rolls of the United States on the 28th day of March 1834, at Eighty Dollars a year as will more fully appear from the said records in the Pension Office of the United States. And that her said husband died at the town of Oneonta aforesaid on the 19th day of September last passed and was a United States Pensioner at the time of his death. And that she still remains unmarried and the widow of the

The Joseph Dorrider deceased
And that she has a certificate of her marriage to the said Joseph Dorrider given to her at the time of her marriage (at the time its known location) by the said Elder James Wright - man that married them which is hereunto annexed And that she has also her late husband's Pension Certificate signed by Hon. Lewis Cass secretary of War dated March 28th 1834 which is also hereunto annexed And from Old age she cannot recollect all the services of her late husband and that she knows of no other evidence to prove his services except what is on file in the Pension Office of the United States at this time
Subscribed and sworn to this 25th day of December A.D. 1837 before me James C. Waldo the Judge of Otsego County Courts Abigail H. Dorrider Mark
And the said Judge doth certify his opinion after a full investigation of all the matters that the above named Abigail Dorrider has made a true declaration and that she is a credible person and entitled to full credit in her statements And that the said Judge has been well acquainted with her for the last six years and that she has been at that time known respected and believed to have been the lawful wife of Joseph Dorrider until his death And from bodily infirmities she is unable to attend her courts Dated December 25th 1837 J. C. Waldo the Judge of Otsego County Courts

13503 14173 In Matters of the Pension of Abigail Dilliver
To Col Waldo M. Ayer for Derkshire
Married 2 d March 1779 Husband died 19 Sept 1837 - Pension to commence at that time
Pension Certificate to be inserted to Col Waldo M. Burlington Otago County N. Z.
Admitted Private 15 months Ensign 3 do

State of Ohio Otsego County ss
On this 31 st day of January in the year 1839 personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge of Otsego County Court Daniel Doolittle aged 53 years a resident of the town of Oxford in Otsego County aforesaid and being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the son of Joseph and Abigail Doolittle and that his father Joseph Doolittle died on the 19 th day of September in the year 1832 at the town of Carroll in said and that his mother has since been living in the family with his mother and knows that she is now in the town of Oxford and the widow of the said Joseph Doolittle and from her knowledge she is unable to attend the courts and that his father Joseph Doolittle was a Pensioner at the time of his death and drew his Pension under the act of June 7 th 1832
Daniel Doolittle
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first above written Before me
J. C. Walcutt the Judge of Otsego County
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above Deponent Daniel Doolittle and that he is a credible person and the word July erased and the figure 6 altered to seven before ex- ecution
J. C. Walcutt the Judge of Otsego County

State of New York
On the County of Saratoga I, the undersigned of the town of Saratoga in said county being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she is fifty six years of age that she is the daughter of Joseph and Abigail Holliday named in her former residence and that her said Mother died on the 19th day of September last and she was present where she died and that she well knows that her said Mother Abigail Holliday still remains unmarried and the said Joseph Holliday widowed and that from bodily infirmities is unable to attend the Courts.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of December
A.D. 1837 before me J. C. Waldo the Judge of Otsego County Court I certify that I am well acquainted with Sarah Tiff and that she is a credible person and entitled to full credit in the County of Otsego. J. C. Waldo the Judge etc.
Anna Baker of the town of Saratoga in said county being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she is well acquainted with Joseph Holliday and well knows that he died on the 19th day of September last and that Abigail Holliday his widow still remains unmarried and from bodily infirmities is unable to attend the Courts and that this deponent is 54 years of age
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of December A.D. 1837 before me Anna Baker Mark J. C. Waldo the Judge of Otsego County
I certify that I am well acquainted with Anna Baker named in the above Affidavit and subscribe the same for the purpose that she is a credible witness and entitled to full credit. J. C. Waldo the Judge of Otsego County

State of New York } Albany County } ss. Jesse Rose clerk of the County of Albany do hereby certify that James C. Walworth Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been sworn to on the day of the date of the same a Judge in and for said County of Albany duly Commissioned & sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to each of the within affidavits and the annexed Certificate of Credibility & identity to be his genuine handwriting & signature. Witness my hand & seal of Office this first day of Jan y . 1838.
Jesse Rose Atty

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Abigail Dolliver niece of Joseph -
N.Y.
August 19th 1837 Mamma

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Joseph Holliver
recd 29. Oct 1832
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Aug 6 1832 Oct 29. 1832
Admitted
Ensign 3 mo Private 15 "
p 5
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James C Walworth Burlington Otsago Co NY

No 4,268
BRIEF in the case of Joseph Dolliver  of in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 75 years old  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted In 1776 Jan y a F y ly volunteered same year 12 Gen. Cap Thomas Gorton Col Lippit Reg t Cap Draper 1 m under Cap Roy   immediately after entered the service again as a substitute in the Militia & served after this served about 3 Cap Joseph Hopkins   went out in 1780 August 1 Same Hopkins Bp. Col Castles Reg t   1781 March - 1 as Ensign Cap Michael Whitmesh  
5. In what battles was he engaged? on Rhode Island - Whiteplains
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warwick Kent Ct. R.I.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness - Paul Pammot saw him in the service - & Documentary evidence - his commission as Ensign -
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They have no string passing thro' them & under the Seal
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Anthony Reinzel Examining Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Dolliner a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (for his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. F. 16,959.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1776 1 yr. Pvt Thomas Gorton Chas. Lippitt R. I.   1777 3 mos. " Draper Ray. ✓   1778 7 or 8 days. " Joseph Hopkins Brower   May 1779. ✓ Ensign ✓ Brower   Aug. 1780. 2 mos. " Samuel Hopkins Casten.   Mch. 1781. 1 mo. 6 days. " Michael Whitmarsh Crary   1782. 4 mos. " Samuel Hopkins Stephen Hopkins Joseph Hopkins Regiment ✓  
Battles engaged in, White Plains, General Sullivan's Exp. to R. I. Residence of soldier at enlistment, West Greenwich, Kent Co., R. I. Date of application for pension, July 26, 1832. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Oneonta, Otsego Co., N. Y. Age at date of application, Born in 1757, at West Greenwich, Kent Co. R. I.
Remarks: Soldier in 1779 as referred to as Joseph Dolliner, Junior. He mar. Mch. 2, 1779 at West Greenwich, R. I., Abigail (da. of Philip Tarsus) born Mch. 5, 1758, at North Kingstown, R. I. Sold. died Sept. 19, 1837, at Oneonta, N. Y. She was al. pensioner on her ap. exp. Dec. 25, 1837, while a resident of Oneonta, N. Y. Children referred to: Sarah Trip, 56 in 1837; Daniel 53 in 1839; William
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Joseph Dolliver, junr. Ensign of the first Company of Militia West Greenwich.
DOLLIVER JOSEPH (R I) W-16759

By his Excellency William Greene . Esquire, Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of and over the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations .
To Joseph Dolliver. junior. Gentleman, GREETING.
Y OUTH and Joseph Dolliver, junr. - being by the General Assembly of this State elected and chosen to the Place and Office of Ensign — of the First — Company or Trained Band of the Town of West-Greenwich — in the County of Kent — in the State aforesaid, are hereby, in the Name of the Governor and Company of the said State, autho- rized, empowered, and commissioned, to exercise the Office of Ensign — of and over the Company aforesaid: And to command, guide and conduct the same, or a Part thereof: And in Case of an Invasion or Assault of a common Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the Company under your Command, or such Part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the ut- most of your Skill and Ability, you are to resist, expel, kill and destroy the same, in order to preserve the Interest of the good People in these Parts. You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall from Time to Time, be further given forth, either by the General Assembly, the Governor and General Coun- cil, or other your superior Officers. And for your so doing, this Commission shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge.
G I V E N under my Hand and Seal of the said State, the Tenth Day of May — in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine.
By his Excellency's Command,
Henry Ward Sery
W. Greene

By his Excellency William Greene . Esquire, Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of and over the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations .
To Joseph Dolliver junior . Gentleman, GREETING.
Y OUTH the said Joseph Dolliver junior - being by the General Assembly of this State elected and chosen to the Place and Office of Ensign - of the First - Company or Trained Band of the Town of West-Greenwich - in the County of Kent - in the State aforesaid, are hereby, in the Name of the Governor and Company of the said State, autho- rized, empowered, and commissioned, to exercise the Office of Ensign - of and over the Company aforesaid: And to command, guide and conduct the same, or a Part thereof: And in Case of an Invasion or Assault of a common Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the Company under your Command, or such Part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the ut- most of your Skill and Ability, you are to resist, expel, kill and destroy the same, in order to preserve the Interest of the good People in these Parts. You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall from Time to Time, be further given forth, either by the General Assembly, the Governor and General Coun- cil, or other your superior Officers. And for your so doing, this Commission shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge.
G I V E N under my Hand and Seal of the said State, the Tenth Day of May - in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine.
By his Excellency's Command,
Henry Ward Secy
W. Greene

By his Excellency William Greene . Esquire, Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of and over the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations .
To Joseph Dolliver. junior. Gentleman, GREETING.
Y O Uth the said Joseph Dolliver junior. - being by the General Assembly of this State elected and chosen to the Place and Office of Ensign of the First Company or Trained Band of the Town of West Greenwich - in the County of Kent in the State aforesaid, are hereby, in the Name of the Governor and Company of the said State, autho- rized, empowered, and commissioned, to exercise the Office of Ensign of and over the Company aforesaid: And to command, guide and conduct the same, or a Part thereof: And in Case of an Invasion or Assault of a common Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the Company under your Command, or such Part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the ut- most of your Skill and Ability, you are to resist, expel, kill and destroy the same, in order to preserve the Interest of the good People in these Parts. You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall from Time to Time, be further given forth, either by the General Assembly, the Governor and General Coun- cil, or other your superior Officers. And for your so doing, this Commission shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge.
G I V E N under my Hand and Seal of the said State, the Tenth Day of May - in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine.
By his Excellency's Command,
Henry Ward Sary
W. Greene

State of New York
Otsego county ss
Paul Garmant of the town of Oneonta in the county of Otsego being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is 75 years of age that he knows Joseph Dilliver who has read the above Declaration in his presence that he wants to know that the said Dilliver did serve in Capt Garmant's in the St. Lawrence and heard in Captain Duford's company and Captain Hopkins company and later Boys company & Capt. St. Angelo company in all about 5 or 6 months and that he often has seen him on duty in the revolutionary army after under different Officers and different places and that he has lived near him for 20 years past and that he is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit any where and from his advanced age and bodily infirmities is wholly unable to attend the regular courts at its regular term at the courthouse of the said county, it being more than 20 miles from his residence and he believes he is as old as he represents himself to be in his declaration
Subscribed and sworn to 27th day of July 1832
Paul Garmant Mark
Before me James B Maurer the a Judge of Otsego county courts

State of New York
Otsego County p. 30
Major Lewis Smith
Joseph H. ...
Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County of Otsego, do certify, that Judges  Judges  Malworth  Malworth , before whom the preceding Affidavits purport to have been generally subscribed & sworn, and to whom same appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date of the same  the Judge of the  the County Court, duly commissioned and  sworn for such; And also that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said several Affidavits, and certificate, to be his own proper hand writing and signature. Given under my hand and official seal, the 11th day of August 1832.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
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State of New York Otsego County
On this 31 st day of January A.D. 1839 Personally appeared before James C. Walworth Esq. the undersigned Clerk of said County of Otsego.
Elizabeth Dolliver a resident of the Town of Oberstown in said County of Otsego, State of New York aged eighty years last March who being first duly sworn according to law doth and then calls make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 and the Joint Resolution of July 7 th 1838 that she is the widow of Joseph Dolliver who was a private and lieutenant in the Militia of Rhode Island State and served as a private and lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and as an ensign in Col. Lippitt's Regiment for a more particular description of his services reference being had to his Declaration made in the year 1832 and on file in Pension Office in Washington in which he was placed on the Pension Rolls of the U.S. under the act June 7 th 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Dolliver at North Kingston on the 2 d day of March in the year Seven hundred and seventy nine by Rev. James Dighton as will more fully appear from the certificate of the said Marriage attached to her Declaration made before Judge Walworth in December 25 th 1837 and is now on file in the aforesaid Pension Office at Washington.

and the proof herewith annexed as well more fully appear from Aff t of Mr Cummins Battler who was annexed and that her late husband the said Joseph Dolliver was a U.S. pensioner at the time of his death and drew his pension under the Act of June 4 th 1832
And that her husband the said Joseph Dolliver died at the town of Oneida in said Ohio on the 19 th day of September 1837 and that his Pension certificate is annexed to her Declaration above on file at the Pension Office at Washington and the reason assigned by the department that she could not obtain her Pension under her former Decla- ration that her husband had died since the passing of the act of July 4 th and prior to joint resolution of July 7 th 1838
And from Old age and bodily infirmities she is unable to attend the courts and the reason she makes her Mark is that she was never learned to write and that she still remains unmarred and the widow of the said Joseph Dolliver
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written Before J. C. Matheos the Judge of Ohio County
Elizabeth Dolliver Mark
I hereby there I am well acquainted with Dolliver and that she is a credible person and entitled to full credit in her statement J. C. Matheos the Judge of Ohio County

And the said Judge after a full investigation -now of all the matters and after putting all unnecessary interrogations which were fully answered Both, hereby and declare his opinion that he is fully satisfied of the truth of the foregoing declaration and that from Boddy infers that the said Abigail Boddy is unable to attend the Courts
J. C. Walbridge the Judge of Otsego County Courts
State of New York Otsego County of ss I, John R. Clark of said County do hereby certify that James C. Walbridge Esqr before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been Sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Judge in and for Otsego County duly Commissioned and sworn and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and believe his names subscribed to the annexed affidavits and certificates to be his genuine signatures Witness my hand seal at office Thirtieth day of March A.D. 1839

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Burlington Feb 11 th 1839

War Department, Pension Office, May 30, 1838.
Sir,
The claim of Mrs. Abigail Dolliver, widow of Joseph Dolliver, deceased, has been examined and disallowed.
As her late husband died subsequently to the passage of the Act of 4 July, 1836, her case is not within its provisions which ensure to those only who were widows at the date of its passage.
Her papers are placed on our files.
I am, respectfully,
your obt. servt.
Geo. M c Crump
Blount
J. C. Walworth, Esq. Burlington, N. York.

Rhode Island District Se.
Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States. In Providence March 8 1839.
I certify that it appears from the Roll of a Regiment now in this office, raised by the State of Rhode Island during the Revolutionary war, for one year, from Jan'y 18. the 1776, and commanded by Col. Christopher Lippitt, that the name of "Joseph Dolliver" is borne on said Roll as a private in the Company of Captain Thomas Gorton, said Roll being dated Sept 1776 & at that time said Joseph was a private in said Company & Regiment.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court on the day & year first above written - Benjamin Lowell Atty.

In the Matter of Joseph Dorricks. Claim to a Pardon

State of New York Otsego County ss
On this 18th day of June 1833 at the June term of the court of common Pleas of the said county second Sitting James C. Walworth Esq one of the Judges of the said court in open court being duly sworn according to law Deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Joseph Dorrion a resident of the town of Preston in the said county a revolutionary soldier that he has the day examined the said Joseph Dorrion that from Old Age / Sickness fits which the said Dorrion has been subject for the last five months his faculties and memory is far impaired and last that he is now and (as the said Deponent) presumed ever will be incapable of ever making a true Declaration Sworn this day and year aforesaid in open court. J. C. Walworth Horace Lathrop. Clerk.
State of New York ss Otsego County — ss: I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said county do hereby certify that the Hon. James C Walworth who deposed to the above Affidavit & whose signature appears thereto was & now is one of the Judges of Otsego County courts that he is a man of credibility and his statement entitled to full credit & belief. Witness my hand & seal of Office this 26th day of June 1833. Horace Lathrop. Clerk.

Station of New York Otsego County ss I William Dolliver being duly sworn in Open Court it being the court of common pleas of the said county of Otsego now sitting as heretofore and saith that he is the son of Joseph Dolliver of the town of Oneonta a redolent testimony Solon and that his father resided with him and that his father has been sick since the first of February last that he has been subject to fits and has since that time had none of them and that by reason of the age and the sickness and fits above mentioned his memory is so far impaired and that (his deponent) thinks it impossible for him even to make out any other or new declaration in order to obtain the Pension under the acts of congress passed June 7th 1832 Subscribed and sworn this 18th day of June 1833 in Open Court Wm Dolliver Horace Lathrop Clerk.
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with William Dolliver that has subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavit and that I was one of the Judges on the Bench when he was sworn in Open Court (and the reason that the Clerk did not certify to his competency that he was not acquainted with him) and that he is entitled full credit in his statement.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct. 2 d , 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child n of Abigail Solliver, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York Agency, at the rate of eighty  Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1841, to the 6 th Jany 1842.
Respectfully, yours.
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

War Department
Pension Office
January 22 nd 1833.
Sir,
The claim of Joseph Rolliver has been again examined. The object of the affidavit is to obtain a succinct and unequivocal statement, respecting each term of service, vaguely alleged in the previous declaration, and not to open the door for the allegation of an aggregate service augmenting the claim. Whenever a claimant avails himself of the opportunity by that affidavit to increase his claim, he will be required to present it as an original one before the court, as the regulations require. The claimant, in this instance, has, in his supplemental affidavit, greatly augmented his claim. It will therefore be necessary to make a declaration before court, setting forth in precise language, the period , term and grade of each term of actual service in field, or garrison, in an organized corps, embodied and commanded by competent authority. No other service is provided for by the Act of 7 June.
His claim for service as a waiter to a Lieutenant, cannot.

cannot be admitted, unless he produce some proof that he was detailed from the ranks for that employment.
His claim is suspended to await his new declaration, and his papers placed on file.
I am Respectfully
Dr. At. Serot.
J L Edwards
James C. Walworth Esq Burlington N.Y.

The Commissioners of Pensions were provided by the enrolled affidavits that the within named Deberant has so far failed in his memory that it is impossible for him to make a new declaration on any amendment and
that you have none on file the best evidence that it is in his power to produce if you cannot allow him for all the time he has claimed in his declaration allow him for such time he has actually provided to your satisfaction he is miserably poor -
I am Sir yours &c
J. C. Manserth
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions -

Payment to be made
at Albany
by J. W. Alcott, Esq.
Agent for paying Pension-
cancel this & issue a cert. in the Agency of Albany Certificate under the act of July 4. 1836 First payment to be made on the 31st December, joint resolution of July 7. 1838 1838, and on the 4th
March and 4th Septem- ber in each year there- after.
J. C. Walworth, Esq. Burlington
N. York Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book 1 Vol. 2,
Page 74 by
D. Brown,
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Abigail Dolliver, of the State of New York widow of Joseph Dolliver ————— who was a Private & Ensign in the War of the Revolution and died on the — 19 th — day of September 1837 is entitled to receive a pension, at the rate of Eighty ————— dollars and ————— cents per annum, commencing on the nineteenth day of September 1837 ; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the 4th of March, 1841, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
Examined and } Countersigned. }

Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr. of Pension Washington.

Burlington July 26 th 1839
Dear J. L. Edwards
Sir I return you Mrs. Stigal
William Cartwright for Pension without using it to have it corrected. As I presume there there must be a mistake in finding her a 5 years certificate in law of age for life for the following reasons, viz It appears from Eliza Rightmans certificate that M rs D o  William was married March 2 d 1779
and that her husband, Levi , as to both in his declaration and most of them second . He. and as persons
I started in May 1779 as ensign in Col. Brown's Regt
I was in the same year in Col Brown's Regiment at Bristol as Ensign under the Commission
6 days in Capt. McIntosh's camp before the battle of Brandy Ridge in Subiaco Expedition on St. Peter R. I.
6 months served at Fort Pramanik & Warwick as Ensign under different Capt. H.C. 1782
1752
 1782    1  1782  at Greenwich under  Capt Samuel Hopkins    1  "  " North Kingston Do.  " Alex Hopkins    1  "  " — " — Do.  " Joseph Hopkins    1  "  " — " — Do.  " — Bennett    1  "  " — " — Greenwich Do.  " — since then   
1 - " - " - Greenfield All on a part of the above services since the Morrison's headed by the affidavits of Long Forks and Bruns etc. etc.

Kind Sir for more certainty I wish to refer your Honor to Joseph Dorrance Declaration on file in your Office in which you allowed him Pension of $80 per year and then the proof thereunto annexed 1 Helen Wightmans certificate of Marriage March 2 d 1779 2 Benjamin Dorrance certificate of Records of R. I. March 8 th 1834 3 Major Long Janks & Others affidavits &c.
You will then find that that all the service under the Original Commission on file was after the Marriage in 1779 and that the Widow is entitled to a Pension for Life unless she is sooner Married
On a reexamination you cannot allow her a Star Certificate for Life you will please to return the same enclosed to me
I am Sir yours with all due Respect J. C. Walworth

Boston May 3 1843 Chas. L. Burleigh N.Y. City
Full
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comrs of Pensions Washington

Dear Mother Mary
Feb 18
Abigail Collins N.Y. N.Y.
Home of the Catherans Home of Seneca Washington

Burlington May 6 N.Y. Sept 30 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir I must again refer you to the Claims of Abigail Doddson now on file in your Office under the Act of July 4th 1836 obtaining pensions for the services of her late husband you states to me in your letter of June last that the Act above referred to did not provide for her case as her husband died since the passing of the above said Act Now Sir permits me to refer you to the joint Resolution of Congress passed and Approved July 7th 1838 (Marked Resolution No. 7) which provides for all such cases I am in no reason why she should not be placed on the Pension Rolls
Sir Will you send me the regulations and rules of Evidence as the Secretary of War & President have adopted under the 3 d Section of the Act of July 7th 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay to certain widows (Marked No. 73)
I am Sir your Obed. Servt.
J. C. Matthews

Hon. J. L. Edwards born. of Tensins

Burlington March 17th Jas L Edwards Esqr
Sir I send you enclosed a new or amended Declaration of for the  Dolliver I wish to have them annexed to his former declaration and affidavits now on file in your Office and that you will give them a further examination The annexed certificate from Benjamin  Cowell Esqr I think must satisfactorily prove his services for a year as a private and if you cannot allow him for his services under his commission he must relinquish that and accept a certifi- cate for the years service as a private for he knows of no other evidence or proof of his services under his commission
I am sir your most Obeqt Servt. &c.
James C Walworth

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Home of Pigeons Washington.

J. L. Edwards Sir
Send your Pension papers for the claims of late Abigail Holliston and spanning the same upon which please to forward new husband's certificate to Burlington Oct 9
I am Sir yours with all due respect J. C. Waterworth

Albany
Joseph Doherty at June 7. 1832 to what time June?
N. S.
John Hanny Esq., p 2 4-4 before 1837 1817
Sept 19 1837

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Albany 2956
Abigail Dolliver
widow of Joseph Dolliver
Pension act 7 June 1832
who died on the 19. Sept. 1837
of Oswego Co. in the State of N.Y.
who was a P. & Ensign in the ————— commanded
by Captain R. S. of the regt. commanded
by Lippincott in the R. Island
line for 15 men, P. 50.00
line for 3 " Ensign 30.00
$ 80
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum,
to commence on the 1st day of March, 1834.
19. September 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 th day of July 1839 and sent to J. C. McLaughlin Burlington, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March '39 116.66
Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sept. " 140.00
$ 156.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3. 8 Joint Resolution July 7, 1838 }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book 4. Vol. 2 Page 206

Dead.
Paid at the Treasury Under the Act of 6. April 1838, from 4. Sep 1841. to 6. Jan 1842. Age notified 1. Oct 1844

Mrs Cora F. Gallagher 301 11 th St. S.W. Washington D.C.
Wants 4 sets of copies of 2 pages = 8 pages and 4 certificates from Rev. War pension claim Joseph Dolliver W 1695-9 -
reid payment $2. 20 / 100 June 20. 25
A.E. Wilson Chief Rev. War Pensions Sect.

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
June 19 1925
Chief Rev. Sect. Division.
I have this day received from Mrs. Cora J. Gallagher ..... cash ..... No. .... for $ 2 20 ..... in payment of ..... requesting
photostat copy post office address as per letter herewith
Copies marked DW not financial Ad June 26 1925
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
2662

3-2006 OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 2051 Date June 20 25 - Subject Joseph Dollner - Rep. 10 16 92 9 4 copies of 2 pieces consisting of 2 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the W.H.S. Ward Sect Division. Remarks: .....
Approved:
McNelson Chief Div. Sect -
Chief Clerk.

Mrs Katherine E. Horn 301. 11 th St. S.W. Washington. D.C.
wants certified copies of 2 pages from the Rev. War pension claim of Joseph Dolliver. W. 1695-9 -
paid us 55 cents Jan 30. 1924
A.E. Wilson
Chief
REV. WAR SECTION
She wants mar. record. 1 page and commission 1 page
And asks that they are not sent until after Feb 6. as she is going to move to above address on that date

M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Jan 30, 1924
Chief Rev. Sect. Division.
Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. Katherine E. Korn
cash No. 55
for $ 1100 , requesting
post office  copy address as per
letter herewith.
copy's mailed to Mr. [unclear] Finance Div. Jan 31 1924
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
H. C. L.

Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate)
M 6
Ex. aw
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
576
Job No. ....
Date Feb. 18, 24
Subject for Dolliver Rev. Wt. 1695-9
1 copies of 2 pieces consisting of 2 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the REV. WAR SECTION Division.
Remarks: .....
Approved:
W.S. Nilson
Chief Div., WAR SECTION
Chief Clerk.

Mrs. Cora J. Gallagher, 1743 7 St. N.W., Washington, D.C.
Rept. 20, 1917. (Personal inquiry.)

GIBBS, WILBUR & GIBBS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, STANTON OPERA HOUSE BUILDING.
ONEONTA, N. Y.,
June 5/1903
Hon. Com. of Pensions, Washington D.C.
My dear Sir:
Information is desired as to the Regt. & company in which one Joseph Dolliver who served in the Service in Revolutionary War . afterwards received pension from U.S. Gov. died in 1837. And his widow Abigail afterwards received pension as his widow. This query is desired by his Great grand children, and if possible to learn, whether he served under the name of Joseph Dilliver or Joseph Dolliver , and which name pension granted. & codraft as above. He emigrated from Rhode Island to this place soon after the close of War located some land & died at this place. 82 yrs of age. in 1837. That he received pension is quite certain, but the name may have been changed every ten years & from one to the other. If you can give thereby information it will be thankfully received - (address.) C. L. Wilbur Oneonta N.Y.

16959
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16959
Abigail DOLLIVER
widow of
Joseph DOLLIVER
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 10-1903
C. L. Wilbur
Oneonta Ny
1917. Sept. 21. History to Mrs. Cora J. Gallagher
1924. Feb. 21. Copies mailed to Mrs. N. E. Torn. Aw
1925 June 26. copies mailed to Mrs. E. J. Gallagher. Aw.

Payments to be made at New York by the First Mechanics Bank & Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of N. York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 14 Page 97 by D. Brown Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Dolliver of the State of New York who was a Private and Ensign in the Revolutionary War —
is entitled to receive ————— Eighty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this ————— 28 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.